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Morphogenesis, Inc. Raises $16M to Advance into Human Clinical Trials (BioFlorida)

UF startup Morphogenesis, Inc., a Tampa, FL-based immunotherapy company closed a $16 million Series A investment round led by Dr. Kiran Patel and KP Biotech...

Altavian Awarded US Army TUAS Contract (Altavian)

UF startup Altavian, Inc., a U.S.-based Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) engineering and manufacturing firm, announced the award of a $250MM Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract...

Merrie Shaw Awarded UF Superior Accomplishment Honor

Assistant Director Merrie Shaw has been named a UF Superior Accomplishment award winner for her outstanding service at UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech. UF...

Alchem Laboratories Supporting Sixteen Active Clinical Programs and Awarded New DOD/NCI Contracts in 2018

• Awarded a new DOD contract W81XWH-18-D-0028-to support the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity with “Non-Personal Services for Experimental Therapeutics Medicinal Chemistry Tasks” •...

Mark Long Named Director of Incubation Services at UF

As the Innovation Hub at UF doubled in size, its new director doubled his duties as well. Meet Mark Long, established leader of the award-winning...

UF gets $8.7 million grant to improve nutritional quality, food safety in Ethiopia, Burkina Faso

The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) announces an $8.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation over five...

UF research opens new avenue for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease

University of Florida neuroscientists have validated a potential pathway to halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions of Americans...

Becoming Visible – Verity Mathis

Verity Mathis wore holes in her jeans and a half-smile as she jumped out of the pickup truck and grabbed a shovel from the back....

UF/IFAS-developed sorghum cultivars can produce thousands of gallons of ethanol

Sweet sorghum is not just for breakfast anymore. Although sorghum is a source for table syrup, scientists see a future in which we convert sorghum...

Becoming Visible – Adania Flemming

Adania Flemming pulled rubber waders on over her clothes, grabbed a net and stepped into the murky creek, stained with tree resin. She was looking...

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